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Aid workers must heed local culture to save lives: Red Cross

When Ebola emerged in West Africa this year, the virus was able to spread so quickly partly because burial rituals in ...

Yudhoyono`s call for mangrove protection goes unheard

President Yudhoyonos repeated calls for protecting mangroves in Indonesia seem to have fallen on deaf ears as their ...

Rapid mangrove loss results in hefty economic losses: UN report

Mangroves are being destroyed three to five times faster than the average rate of forests loss, causing emissions ...

Over 4.5 thousand hectares of rice fields inundated in Banggai

Some 4,530 hectares of rice fields were inundated in West Toili Subdistrict, Banggai District, Central Sulawesi, on ...

Lampung suffers 50 percent fall in coffee production

Lampungs coffee production fell 50 percent this year on extreme weather. This year productivity averages only ...

Myanmar urges ASEAN leaders to address climate change

Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Sunday urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member ...

Singapore Takes the Lead in Integrated Urban Solutions

Singapore is once again taking the lead to encourage governments and industry to come together to share and co-create ...

More airplane needed for weather modification in Indonesia: BPPT

The Agency of Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) required at least 15 airplane to optimally implement the ...

Forest fire suspects must be immediately handled: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for an immediate judicial process against Riau forest fire suspects that ...

Rupiah gains against US dollar

Rupiah gained 36 basis points against the US dollar, opening at the level of 11,630 per dollar in the first minutes of ...

N. Sumatra sets higher target for corn production this year

North Sumatra sets target for corn production at 1,628,149 tons this year, up from last years target of 1,494,050 ...

Sorghum Cultivation Campaigns Should be Intensified

Due to its high productivity and easy adaptability, sorghum has a great potential to be grown and cultivated in ...

Extraordinary wave of bad weather sends Rome haywire

Rome and other cities in Italy on Friday were battered by an extraordinary wave of bad weather that prompted Prime ...

Floods affect 1,270 families in Tangerang

A total of 1,270 families have been affected by floods that have inundated the four housing complexes in Tangerang ...

SAR rescues Merapi landslide victims

The Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Boyolali Regency, Central Java successfully rescued two climbers from Yogyakarta ...